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LEFT: Artists Carla AaronLopez, Lo’Vonia Parks, and Windy O’Connor come together in O’Connor’s home to display their collaborative work.
BEAUTY in the BREAKDOWN OPENING UP THEIR HOMES, THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND THEIR TALENTS, FOUR WOMEN FIND JOY IN COLLABORATION. WRITTEN BY SONYA PFEIFFER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIN COMERFORD MILLER
There it was, hiding in plain sight. All throughout the unavoidable darkness of 2020, it illuminated previously sleepy street corners, unveiled itself in quiet moments of reflection, and breezily slipped its way into our homes. Joy. Yes, joy. And nowhere does the thread of joy run more seamlessly than through the homes of Carla Aaron-Lopez, Erin Comerford Miller, Windy O’Connor, and Lo’Vonia Parks. 30 HOME DESIGN & DECOR CHARLOTTE | FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021
But for each woman, “home” reaches far beyond craftsmanship and design. Joy is the backbone of Parks’ artwork, and quiet is her unexpected home. The professional caricaturist was forced to explore joy differently during the pandemic. Rather than creating live drawings at one social event after another, Parks’ hectic schedule halted. She turned inward. The pause resulted in reflections of joy: yoga poses sketched in charcoal on wood, colorful
